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On October 22, USAID, the Fund for Armenian Relief, and the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center of Armenia (SME DNC) marked the successful completion of the joint irrigation project in Sayat-Nova community in Ararat province. USAID Armenia Mission Director Deborah Grieser, the Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia, Erik Grigoryan, the Governor of Ararat province, Garik Sargsyan, and Sayat-Nova residents attended the opening event.
On October 10, USAID, the Government of Armenia and local partners marked the official opening of three new facilities in Tavush province that will help advance economic development and effective local government in the country’s north. USAID Armenia Mission Director, Deborah Grieser; Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Territorial and Administration Development, Vache Terteryan; Governor of Tavush Vahe Ghalumyan; and representatives of the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments, partner organizations, and the local community were in attendance.
![US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills presents an appreciation award to the Director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Sabrina Motley, during the reception at the US Embassy in Yerevan. award presentation](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/2018-278_121.jpg?itok=pym6os7I)
This summer, 740,000 visitors from across the United States and around the world experienced Armenian food, craft, music, dance, and folk traditions during the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC. Armenia was the first country in the Caucasus region to be featured at the renowned festival in the heart of the U.S. capital. During the ten-day event, through dozens of interactive performances and presentations, 216 participants from the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian-American diaspora taught visitors how to cook, bake, dance, weave, carve, and toast like Armenians.
On September 7, Fuller Center for Housing Armenia, Heifer International Armenian Branch office, and USAID presented the activities and achievements of the Advanced Rural Development Initiative during a public event in Yerevan.
![USAID and Coca-Cola representatives sign an agreement on partnership USAID and Coca-Cola representatives sign an agreement on partnership](https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/pressreleases/IMG_3842.jpg?itok=E2dnfQ0R)
Yerevan, Armenia – If nothing is done to counteract the decreasing groundwater reserves in the Ararat Valley, more and more Armenians could find themselves without water. Already, because of uncontrolled water use by fish farms and other large users, about 30 communities in the Ararat and Armavir provinces are without reliable access to drinking or irrigation water. However, USAID and its partner, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Armenia, are working to reverse that trend.
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